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Social networking for scientists: Professor Facebook | The Economist

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Ever wondered about the relationship between the web and the internet? Learn all about it from one of the fathers of the internet @vgcerf in this episode of @UTWthePodcast #webscience

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Check out how @noshir and @dechurch were featured in this new article by The Economist titled “How to Prevent Conflict on the Way to Mars”! Available on The Economist - https://www.economist.com/christmas-specials/2021/12/18/how-to-prevent-conflict-on-the-way-to-mars or SONIC’s website - https://sonic.northwestern.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/How-to-prevent-conflict-on-the-way-to-Mars-_-The-Economist-compressed.pdf

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Siva Vaidhyanathan was worried about the "Googlization" of everything back in 2012—see what he meant by that and how that worry holds up today in the latest episode of @UTWthePodcast #webscience

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